30 September 2023
I knew it was too good to be true. I went 6 days without any diarrhea. It came to an end yesterday evening after my hydration infusion. I had two explosive episodes that impressed even an old hand like me. Four days ago I went from two Imodium AD and two Lomotil every four hours (alternating) to one each. I’m now back to the 2-fer routine.
I was so tired I went to bed around 8:30 last night and then started to get chills. I put the down comforter on the bed and finally got warm. Then the aches to the long bones and joints started and I popped two Advil and a Claritin. It worked well enough to allow me to doze off to sleep but then I was wide awake (and achy) at 2 this morning. I’ll probably need several naps today.
At the moment (2:38 am) I feel pretty decent, considering, although my temperature this morning was 99.5°F. Hopefully I’ll have enough energy to do a cursory house cleaning and wash clothes. I also found out my unopened quart of milk had turned so no cereal for me. I need to go grocery shopping on Sunday anyway.
It seems my “to do” list is piling up. I need to return a volume of Flora of North America for a refund, I need to recycle my Apple Watch and iMac computer and all three necessitate a trip to UPS which can be a pain. Additionally, even though I purchased the iPad Pro with cellular capabilities, it has yet to show any inclination to provide those services. It’ll probably result in a series of phone calls to Apple and AT&T, both claiming it’s not their fault. It’ll all get done but I’m an impatient person (I’m sure that’s news to you).
Apparently, Fort Lauderdale went through a deluge yesterday. When Joel picked me up to carry me to the cancer center, it had not rained at the house but when we got closer to the center, most strip mall parking lots were under water. By the time I got back home (4 hours later) the deluge had hit my neighborhood so everyone got a pretty good soaking. Add to that and we are due King tides so things may get a little squishy around South Florida.
I may post an update to my update sometime today between naps and household chores. Then again, I may just crawl back into bed and stay there.
Stay tuned!
